1. Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Particular Baptist preacher.
36 Facts About Charles Spurgeon
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Charles Spurgeon was pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel in London for 38 years.
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Charles Spurgeon was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain and later he left the denomination over doctrinal convictions.
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Charles Spurgeon encouraged his congregation to engage actively with the poor of Victorian London.
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Charles Spurgeon founded Spurgeon's College, which was named after him posthumously.
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Charles Spurgeon authored sermons, an autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, and hymns.
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Charles Spurgeon is said to have produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition.
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The missionary Richard Knill spent several days with Charles Spurgeon while visiting his grandfather in 1844; he announced to him and his family that the child would one day preach the gospel to great multitudes.
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Charles Spurgeon found friends in London among his fellow pastors, such as William Garrett Lewis of Westballs Grove Church, an older man who along with Charles Spurgeon went on to found the London Baptist Association.
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Charles Spurgeon's sermons were published in printed form every week and had a high circulation.
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Charles Spurgeon's preaching, although not revolutionary in substance, was a plain-spoken and direct appeal to the people, using the Bible to provoke them to consider the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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At 22, Charles Spurgeon was the most popular preacher of the day.
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On 8th of January 1856, Spurgeon married Susannah, daughter of Robert Thompson of Falcon Square, London, by whom he had twin sons, Charles and Thomas born on September 20th, 1856.
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Charles Spurgeon was emotionally impacted by the event and it had a sobering influence on his life.
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Charles Spurgeon was smitten with conviction on account of sin, put down his tools, went home, and there, after a season of spiritual struggling, found peace and life by beholding the Lamb of God.
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Charles Spurgeon continued to preach there several times per week until his death 31 years later.
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Charles Spurgeon never gave altar calls at the conclusion of his sermons, but he always extended the invitation that if anyone was moved to seek an interest in Christ by his preaching on a Sunday, they could meet with him at his vestry on Monday morning.
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Charles Spurgeon wrote his sermons out fully before he preached, but what he carried up to the pulpit was a note card with an outline sketch.
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Besides sermons, Charles Spurgeon wrote several hymns and published a new collection of worship songs in 1866 called "Our Own Hymn Book".
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On 5th June 1862, Charles Spurgeon challenged the Church of England when he preached against baptismal regeneration.
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However, Charles Spurgeon taught across denominational lines as well: for example, in 1877 he was the preacher at the opening of a new Free Church of Scotland church building in Dingwall.
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Charles Spurgeon supported the work of the mission financially and directed many missionary candidates to apply for service with Taylor.
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In 1876,22 years after becoming pastor, Charles Spurgeon published "The Metropolitan Tabernacle: Its History and Work".
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Charles Spurgeon's intention stated in the preface is to give a 'printed history of the Tabernacle'.
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Charles Spurgeon was linked more with the Stockwell orphanage than any other Metropolitan Tabernacle endeavour.
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Charles Spurgeon accepted money gifts for his birthday, which all went to the orphanage.
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Charles Spurgeon encouraged others to give, with comments like these:.
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Charles Spurgeon lost support from the Southern Baptists, sales of his sermons dropped, and he received scores of threatening and insulting letters as a consequence.
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Charles Spurgeon's wife was often too ill to leave home to hear him preach.
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Charles Spurgeon was already being reported as having gout when he was 33.
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Charles Spurgeon had not had the gout in his tongue, and he was not aware that people preached with their legs.
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Charles Spurgeon was there often enough to have visitors, with George Muller visiting in 1879 and members of the Baptist Union in 1887, attempting to get him to rejoin the Union.
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Charles Spurgeon became increasingly unwell and in May 1891 he was forced 'to rest'.
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Charles Spurgeon's remains were buried at West Norwood Cemetery in London, where the tomb is still visited by admirers.
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Charles Spurgeon's works have been translated into many languages and Moon's and Braille type for the blind.
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Charles Spurgeon wrote many volumes of commentaries and other types of literature.